Cannes 2022: the list of films in the official selection

Claire Denis, David Cronenberg, James Gray, Kelly Reichardt, Kirill Serebrennikov, Park Chan-wook (among others) will be in the running for the Palme d’Or.

Update of April 22, 2022: That’s it, President Vincent Lindon and his jury have arrived safely on the Croisette. As Forest Whitaker, who is to receive an honorary Palme d’Or. While the first photocall of the Cannes Film Festival 2022 has just been organized, here is the complete selection of this 75th edition, updated with all the films announced after the press conference organized by Thierry Frémaux and Pierre Lescure on April 14. The opening ceremony, hosted by Virginie Efira, will be available from 6:55 p.m. on France 2.

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Here are the announced films:

Competition

holy spider by Ali Abassi

The Almond Trees by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

The Crimes of the Future by David Cronenberg

Tori and Lokita by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne

Stars at Noon by Claire Denis

Brother and sister by Arnaud Desplechin

Close by Lukas Dhont

Armageddon Time by James Gray

broker by Hirokazu Kore-eda

Nostalgia by Mario Martone

NMR by Cristian Mungiu

Without filter by Ruben Ostlund

Decision to Leave by Park Chan-wook

Show-Up by Kelly Reichardt

Leila and her brothers by Saeed Roustaee

Boy From Heaven by Tarik Saleh

Tchaikowski’s Wife by Kirill Serebrennikov

Hi Han by Jerzy Skolimowski

The Eight Mountainsby Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix Van Groeningen

A little brother, by Leonor Serraille

Torment on the Islandsby Albert Serra

opening movie

Cut! by Michel Hazanavicius

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Special screenings

All we breathe by Shaunak Sen

The Natural History of Destruction by Sergey Losnitza

trouble in mind by Ethan Coen

Hunt by Lee Jyung-jae

Moonage Daydream by Brett Morgan

Smoking makes you cough by Quentin Dupieux

mi pais imaginario by Patricio Guzmán (documentary)

The Vagabonds by Doroteya Drumeva (1st film)

Feminist response by Marie Perennès and Simon Depardon (1st feature, documentary)

Restos do vento by Tiago Guedes

Little Nicolas – What are we waiting for to be happy? by Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre (1st animated film)

rebel by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (midnight screening)

Out of competition

Top Gun Maverick by Joseph Kosinsky

Elvis by Baz Luhrmann

November by Cedric Jimenez

Three thousand years waiting for you by George Miller

Masquerade by Nicolas Bedos

the innocent by Louis Garrel

Mariupol 2by Mantas Kvedaravičius and Hanna Bilobrova

Cannes Premiere

Our brothers by Rachid Bouchareb

Esterno Notte by Marco Bellochio

Dodo by Panos Koutras

Irma Vep by Olivier Assayas (episodes)

Don Juanby Serge Bozon

The night of the 12, by Dominik Moll

Chronicle of a temporary liaisonby Emmanuel Mouret

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In some perspective

The worst by Lise Akoka and Romane Guéret

Kurak Gunler (Burning Days) by Emin Alper

metronom by Alexandru Belc

Domingo and the mist by Ariel Escalante Meza

Map 75 by Hayakawa Chie

Beast by Riley Keough and Gina Gammell

Bodice by Marie Kreutzer

Butterfly Vision by Maksim Nakonechnyi

Godland by Hlynur Palmason

Rodeo by Lola Quivoron

joyland by Saim Sadiq

The Stranger by Thomas M. Wright

The Silent Twins by Agnieszka Smocynska

Return to Seoul by Davy Chou

More than ever by Emily Atef

Mediterranean fever by Maha Haj

The blue of the caftan by Maryam Touzani

Harka by Lotfy Nathan

Virginie Efira: “The Palmes d’Or like The Umbrellas of Cherbourg or Taxi Driver made me want to do this job”